Draft:Filip Borelli

Filip Borelli (Zagreb, 1984.) is a Croatian new media and multimedia artist and performer.

Biography
Born in Zagreb. Descendant of a Croatian noble family from Zadar called Borelli Vranski. After high school and The University of Economics, he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb course New Media.

His artwork is inspired by natural phenomena and the scientific research approach of light, sound and movement (or motion). In 2020. Borelli received recognition for his innovation on the 35th Youth Saloon MILLENNIAL and was awarded the HPB second place for his work called Space Feedback Music (Vibrations of Space). He is a member of the Croatian Composers Association (HDS) and the Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU).

The field of his artistic approach and agency is multimedia. Apart from exhibitions of audio-visual and kinetic work in art galleries, as a musician, he has performed since 2009. Borelli is a photographer, videographer and kinetic painter who creates interactive installations, kinetic sculptures and explores the communication of sound, light, motion and music with the audience while live performing via digital media.

He participated in many exhibitions residencies and festivals in Croatia and beyond, including SiIbersaltz Festival (Germany), Touch Me Festival (Croatia), IAB – Industrial Art Biennial (Croatia), Blockheide Leuchtet (Austria), Wir wollen das DAS (Austria) and MTF – Music and Technology Festival (Germany).

Previously Borelli worked as an actor, director, camera operator, audio engineer and editor, appeared in performances, films and music videos. His production and applied arts company is called Studio De Borell. He is a member of the music band Kosan and was a member of the musical collective Beat Busters, as well as the author of an independent beatboxing project Brego Beat Box and Beat Diver.

Solo exhibitions

 * 2022 Institut français de Croatie, Zagreb, CRO – Photokinetica
 * 2020 DKC Lamparna, Labin, CRO – Underground vibration dialogues of Labin
 * 2020 Gallery VN, Zagreb, CRO – Vibration of Space
 * 2019 Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb, CRO – M24

Group exhibitions

 * 2022 Another Dimension, Gallery SC, Zagreb, CRO – M
 * 2022 Glowing Globe Art Festival, Gallery Kortil, Rijeka, CRO – UVD & Kinetic photo
 * 2022 HDLU annual exhibition, Zagreb, CRO – Kinetic photo
 * 2021 Device_art Festival, Gallery MKC, Split, CRO – M24
 * 2021 HDLU annual exhibition, Zagreb, CRO – Short films
 * 2021 Blockhede leuchtet, Gmund, AUT – M24
 * 2020 35. Youth saloon MILLENNIAL, Zagreb, CRO – Spacesonic Feedback Music (Vibrations of Space)
 * 2020 3. Industrial Art Biennial (IAB_03), MMSU Rijeka, CRO – Underground vibration dialogues of Labin
 * 2020 Arterija, Lapidarium museum, Novigrad N/M, CRO – Invisible Beauty
 * 2019 Overhead projector festival, ACC Attack, Zagreb, CRO – Lantern acustorium 4Mdk
 * 2019 French pavilion, Zagreb, CRO – Skladbafon XYZ
 * 2019 Gallery Prozori, Zagreb, CRO – Spontaneous literary vocalization
 * 2019 Silbersaltz Festival, Halle, GER – Invisible Beauty
 * 2019 Visualia Festival, Pula, CRO – M
 * 2018 ZEZ Festival, Zagreb, CRO – Attention Please! Where are our eyeballs at?
 * 2018 Youth saloon ULUS, Samobor, CRO – Breath on the Night Lens
 * 2018 Blockheide leuchtet, Gmund, AUT – Invisible Beauty
 * 2018 TASK, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, CRO – Plasticophone
 * 2018 Visualia Festival, Pula, CRO – Invisible Beauty
 * 2018 ZEZ Festival, Zagreb, CRO – Inox Aquasonic
 * 2017 Sound Art Incubator, Zagreb, CRO – Beatbusters XYZ
 * 2017 DREISECHSFUENF #2, Aa Gallery, Vienna, AUT – Invisible Beauty
 * 2017 Touch Me Festival, Dark Matter, The Invisible Around Us, Zagreb, CRO – Invisible Beauty
 * 2014 Perforacije, Zagreb, CRO – Invisible Beauty

Awards

 * 2020 HPB second (2nd) place, 35th Youth saloon MILLENNIAL, HDLU, Croatia – „Space Feedback Music (Vibrations of Space)”